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Saturday, July 7, 1934

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The Headlines

Hot Wave Equals 16-Day Record; Mercury 92.1; Rain Again Promised; Death and Prostration Toll Rises Here as Expected Relief Fails -- Cool Weather Now Forecast for Tonight -- Near Freezing in the Northwest. HOT WAVE EQUALS 16-DAY MARK HERE

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1934

  • It happened one night

Tech Check

Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.

Cost of Living (1930)

Loaf of Bread

$0.09

Gallon of Gas

$0.20

Average Home

$3,900

New Car

$640

Time Elapsed

33,571 days ago

(91 years, 356 days)